Drake at Iowa

Friday, October 26, 1900

Iowa beat Drake 26–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayDrake6–⁠3 in 1900
0
HomeIowa7–⁠0–⁠1 in 1900
26

FinalHigh 74°F, low 48°F

In the newspapers

  • The Audubon County journal's story: DRAKE DEFEATED BY IOWA. Collegiates O-,tclassed at Iowa City by the University Wen and Cannot Score.

    Audubon County journal, Exira, Iowa, November 1, 1900, page 5

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    DRAKE DEFEATED BY IOWA. Collegiates O-,tclassed at Iowa City by the University Wen and Cannot Score. Collegiates O,tclassed at Iowa City by the University Men and Cannot Score. Iowa City Oct. 27.-Three Thousand people witnessed the football game between the University of Iowa and Drake yesterday The Drake team made STUBBORN resistance in the frs half, although the ball was played IN its territory all the time. Several times the Iowa team had the ball 81 brakes 5O-yard line, but would lose Il on downs or tumble Z Warner finally made beautiful place kick for Iowa and at the end of the first half the score stood to o in favor of Iowa. In the second half the Iowa team clearly outo,assed it’s opponents. al though the latter fought stubbornly throughout. In the last half the Iowa team succeeded in pushing it’s mar over for four touchdowns, but War ner missed every goal but one. leaving the final score: Iowa. 26; Drake, 0.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Iowa 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Iowa leads 10–⁠2 in 12 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.

Recent meetings
1985Iowa 58, Drake 0
1941Iowa 25, Drake 8
1910Iowa 21, Drake 0
1909Drake 17, Iowa 14
1908Drake 12, Iowa 6
1907Iowa 25, Drake 4

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